Pilgrim Soldier

During a meeting with some people the other day:

Me: So what do you see the church looking like in 5 years time?

Person: What do you mean by ‘church’? The building or the people?

Me: The people because that is what church is!

Person: Well I don’t see it like that. The church is the building!

For years I’ve heard this talk about people thinking that the church is the building rather than the fellowship of God’s people, but I had never met anyone who actually held this view. Can it be true that a member of the church doesn’t actually realise that the church is about the people, those who make up Christ’s body, but instead actually does see the church as the building they meet in?